I wrote a really hard final today. But to be honest, it was a pretty fair exam. The prof was actually pretty nice in that he gave a question that had a trick similar to one we have seen before in a recommended practice assignment. There were tricks to the other two as well, but I think that if I had memorized the correct (diagram, in my case), I would have been able to solve it. I ended up filling in all the space available, so hopefully there were enough to pass. =P
As this week is going by, I've been feeling less and less certain that I will be able to go on exchange. I kind of already knew that I wouldn't make it before exams started, so this is nothing new. When I sat down and looked over the test today, my mind blanked out on how to do the trick question that I did from the practice. I momentarily panicked, and then skipped to the next one. Thankfully, after I finished the other parts, I had time to go back to it. I stared at it for the longest time, trying to remember what the trick was. And eventually, I believe I did figure it out. =)
It was really intense and scary. One of the loading functions was a sin function, which wasn't anything I'd tried before. I was only used to doing triangularly and rectangularly distributed loads. But this was tricky... so I hope I wrote something close to the right answer. Maybe part marks for process? Haha.
It was intense though when people started to cry. I noticed a girl sitting near me sobbing... and the prof went to console her (I think). It was really... something. I've never seen people cry during exams before. And after the exam ended I saw a lot of people with red/swollen eyes... and people walking in/out of the washrooms looking like they just cried... or were about to cry.
I guess they also wanted to go on exchange but were more optimistic about it than I was? Perhaps they had higher standards than I did? This term is really hard. It's the one with the highest drop out rates. This is the one that pretty much determines whether or not you'll make it through to get your degree, and for some, whether or not they'll be able to go on exchange. Although I have somewhat given up the idea of going on exchange, I still have a bit of hope.
It's sad because I know that I'm really close. I am within a 2% of the grade average I need to maintain my acceptance to the exchange program. So.... I can only continue to study hard, to do my best, and see where it takes me. It's not so bad when I know that God is with me, and that He is in control. Whether or not I make the exchange because of how well I do on my exams doesn't really matter. What does matter, is that I do my best to make use of the opportunity of an education God gave me and to allocate my resources as efficiently as possible (and reduce market failure... haha just kidding).
As this week is going by, I've been feeling less and less certain that I will be able to go on exchange. I kind of already knew that I wouldn't make it before exams started, so this is nothing new. When I sat down and looked over the test today, my mind blanked out on how to do the trick question that I did from the practice. I momentarily panicked, and then skipped to the next one. Thankfully, after I finished the other parts, I had time to go back to it. I stared at it for the longest time, trying to remember what the trick was. And eventually, I believe I did figure it out. =)
It was really intense and scary. One of the loading functions was a sin function, which wasn't anything I'd tried before. I was only used to doing triangularly and rectangularly distributed loads. But this was tricky... so I hope I wrote something close to the right answer. Maybe part marks for process? Haha.
It was intense though when people started to cry. I noticed a girl sitting near me sobbing... and the prof went to console her (I think). It was really... something. I've never seen people cry during exams before. And after the exam ended I saw a lot of people with red/swollen eyes... and people walking in/out of the washrooms looking like they just cried... or were about to cry.
I guess they also wanted to go on exchange but were more optimistic about it than I was? Perhaps they had higher standards than I did? This term is really hard. It's the one with the highest drop out rates. This is the one that pretty much determines whether or not you'll make it through to get your degree, and for some, whether or not they'll be able to go on exchange. Although I have somewhat given up the idea of going on exchange, I still have a bit of hope.
It's sad because I know that I'm really close. I am within a 2% of the grade average I need to maintain my acceptance to the exchange program. So.... I can only continue to study hard, to do my best, and see where it takes me. It's not so bad when I know that God is with me, and that He is in control. Whether or not I make the exchange because of how well I do on my exams doesn't really matter. What does matter, is that I do my best to make use of the opportunity of an education God gave me and to allocate my resources as efficiently as possible (and reduce market failure... haha just kidding).
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